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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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